Ranjan Kumar Nanda v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; ABLAPL No. 1538 of 2025; order dated 13.02.2025 by Justice V. Narasingh. Anticipatory bail application (ABLAPL) by five petitioners (Ranjan Kumar Nanda, Rubi Dash, Sidharth Shankar Nanda, Adisuta Mohapatra, Sourav Sanigdha Nanda) apprehending arrest over an anticipated FIR at Debagarh Town P.S., Dist-Debagarh. Maintainability without an FIR undisputed. Applying Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab, (1980) 2 SCC 565, and Dhanraj Aswani v. Amar S. Mulchandani, (2024) 10 SCC 336, the Court found no reasonable apprehension of arrest; ABLAPL disposed of with liberty to renew on fresh cause of action. Keywords: anticipatory bail, pre-FIR application, reasonable apprehension of arrest, renewal of prayer.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail not granted (no reasonable apprehension of arrest found); liberty granted to the Petitioners to renew their prayer upon any fresh cause of action to apprehend arrest.